FtW, in the morning I will look up the sources and order one. I loved the darned thing. I've had three. That doesn't mean they don't hold up, it means I use them to death. Yes, I can clean the food processor with tons of hot water and elbow grease. But you have to understand, I cook, hubby cleans. It isn't the blade he swears at, it is a little ledge between the lid and the base of ours that collects all the grease. To be honest with you, the food processers I've had have been more trouble than they were worth when it comes to cheese clean-up (in other words, when I use the processor, I get to do the clean up. Fun, fun. Enough to turn me off to cooking). My mom gave me her wedding present of a salad maker (it was 30 years old then, over 20 years ago) when I was young and I loved the thing. It died and the salad shooter was the next best thing ... and I've been through three of them (since the cones are made of plastic, sometimes the metal separates from the plastic, and sometimes I just plain wear out the motors). Others may not find them worth it, but I love cucumber salads, grated cheese, slaws, .... well, I just use mine to death. Literally. Mom says when she got her manual version as a wedding present, she wondered if the giver was insane. She got 30 years out of it, and I got a decade more. If I could replace that one, I would. For those of you with a KitchenAid, you can get attachments to it that look like they would fit the bill. Since I don't bake, that's way too much dinero for a salad slicer. Thanks for the help.